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#047:Opposites Attract
...yet birds of a feather flock together.
If proverbs are supposed to impart such
useful wisdom how come so many of them
contradict each other?
There are eighteen such gems of wisdom
below. Can you identify the nine pairs of
contradictory proverbs?
1. Look before you leap.
2. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
3. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
4. Never judge a book by its cover.
5. Seek and ye shall find.
6. He who hesitates is lost.
7. Time waits for no man.
8. Clothes make the man.
9. Haste makes waste.
10. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
11. It's better to be safe than sorry.
12. Curiosity killed the cat.
13. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
14. Silence is golden.
15. The squeaking wheel gets the grease.
16. One man's meat is another man's poison.
17. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
18. Many hands make light work.
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